Sacred Music Concert at Saint Martin's University
November 2, 2009
Lacey, Washington – On Wednesday, November 11, 2009,
at 7:30 p.m., Saint Martin’s University Chorale, under the direction of
Professor Darrell Born, will celebrate the Feast of Saint Martin at its
seventh annual Sacred Music Concert in the Abbey church. The concert is
open to the public and free of charge.
The concert will include African American
spirituals, traditional African songs, traditional Spanish folk songs,
arrangements of traditional American hymns and songs from the Ozarks,
and 21st century compositions written with contemporary harmonies in the
likeness of early Latin tradition.
Saint Martin of Tours, the University’s patron
saint, lived in the early fourth century. A Roman soldier by training,
he converted to Christianity and left military service. He became a monk
and eventually bishop of Tours. He is best known for helping the poor
and for bringing Christianity to the rural people in his area. He died
in 397.
For more information about this concert, contact
Susan Leyster in Campus Ministry at 360-438-4581 or
leysters@stmartin.edu.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent
four-year, Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre
wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only
one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares
students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate
programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering.
Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and religious
backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its five extension
campuses located at Fort Lewis Army Post, McChord Air Force Base,
Olympic College, Centralia College, and Tacoma Community College.
For additional information:
Genevieve Canceko Chan
Director of Communications & Marketing
360-438-4332
gchan@stmartin.edu